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Internet Security

Internet security flaws result in hundreds of millions of dollars of damage annually, including businesses, government agencies and individuals as victims. An increasingly sophisticated new breed of criminal mandates increasingly sophisticated Internet security measures. The following research discusses the general trends in Internet security and criminal activity. The introduction discusses the growing incidence of crimes committed via the Internet and computers, while underscoring the need for increased security measures. A variety of Internet security measures are then addressed including: access security, cryptography, encryption, firewalls, wireless systems, honey-pots and tracers, cookies and identity theft measures, and vulnerability assessment tools. As organizations become more aware of Internet security measures, many organizations are developing policies that protect them from individuals outside and inside the company. One of these is the establishment of computer use policies pertaining to employees. A conclusion addresses computer use policies and the most common elements of them.

The Internet represents a new market, a new market of currency, and a new way for businesses to conduct operations electronically. While new technologies often increase opportunities, they also spawn a new breed of criminal trying to undermine those opportunities. The ability to commit crime on the Internet extends across the economic, business, and personal spheres. Internet crime includes fraud and theft of money, hacking into businesses, and identity theft among many others. Because of this, Internet security measures, policies, legislation and regulations have been adopted in order to combat this new breed of criminal and categories of crime. Internet security has become the leading concern among Information Technology (IT) managers, businesses, government agencies, and individual users. In light of the attacks on the World T...

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Internet Security. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 06:12, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1685731.html